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Thangool horse trainer Damien Rideout has been fined $2500 and disqualified for six months after being found guilty of charges including race day treatment of a horse.
Rideout has appealed the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission’s ruling and continues to train on a stay of proceedings, pending the outcome of a QRIC internal review.
QRIC stewards recently concluded an inquiry into an injury sustained to the race mare, Lady Sheilack, en route to Rockhampton Jockey Club on August 25, 2020.
Rideout was hit with three charges under the rules of racing including failing to report to stewards that Lady Sheilack had injured her head en route to the Rockhampton racecourse on August 25, which may have affected the horse’s performance in her race.